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Predictable patterns of unsustainable intensification
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability ( IF 3.4 ) Pub Date : 2021-06-24 , DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2021.1940731
Anne M. Rietveld 1, 2 , Jeroen C. J. Groot 2, 3, 4 , Margreet van der Burg 5
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ABSTRACT

To increase understanding of agricultural intensification processes over time and their sustainability, we studied dimensions of sustainability in the context of ongoing expansion of intensive, commercial mono-cropping of banana in Southwestern Uganda. In our approach we considered five dimensions of sustainability: economic, agricultural productivity, environment, social and human. We compared farming systems in 1998 and 2018 and integrated a gender lens. A total of four focus group discussions, two group interviews and fifteen individual interviews (8m / 7f) were conducted, complemented with a discourse analysis of newspaper articles. Results show that although intensification of banana production increased the average income level indicating improvement in the economic dimension, it did not yield sustainable outcomes in the other dimensions. The integrated analysis of five dimensions of sustainability illuminated aspects often neglected in assessment studies or policy-making around agricultural intensification, in particular socio-economic and gender dynamics. We further recognized that the observed local trends are part of a set of patterns that take place throughout the world. We conclude that to advance sustainable development, stakeholders should move away from the current over-emphasis on economic values prioritizing the individual, and that avoiding patterns of unsustainable development requires broadening to environmental and community values.



中文翻译:

不可持续集约化的可预测模式

摘要

为了加深对农业集约化过程及其可持续性的了解,我们研究了乌干达西南部持续扩大集约化、商业化单一种植香蕉的背景下的可持续性维度。在我们的方法中,我们考虑了可持续性的五个维度:经济、农业生产力、环境、社会和人类。我们比较了 1998 年和 2018 年的农业系统,并整合了性别视角。总共进行了四次焦点小组讨论、两次小组访谈和十五次个人访谈(8m/7f),并辅以对报纸文章的语篇分析。结果表明,尽管香蕉生产集约化提高了平均收入水平,表明经济方面有所改善,但并未在其他方面产生可持续的成果。在围绕农业集约化,特别是社会经济和性别动态的评估研究或政策制定中,经常被忽视的阐明可持续性方面的五个维度的综合分析。我们进一步认识到,观察到的局部趋势是世界各地发生的一系列模式的一部分。我们得出的结论是,为了推进可持续发展,利益相关者应该摆脱目前过分强调个人优先经济价值的做法,避免不可持续的发展模式需要扩大到环境和社区价值。我们进一步认识到,观察到的局部趋势是世界各地发生的一系列模式的一部分。我们得出的结论是,为了推进可持续发展,利益相关者应该摆脱目前过分强调个人优先经济价值的做法,避免不可持续的发展模式需要扩大到环境和社区价值。我们进一步认识到,观察到的局部趋势是世界各地发生的一系列模式的一部分。我们得出的结论是,为了推进可持续发展,利益相关者应该摆脱目前过分强调个人优先经济价值的做法,避免不可持续的发展模式需要扩大到环境和社区价值。

更新日期:2021-06-24
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